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H. R. ALLEN.

PORTABLE BATH TUB.

Patented June 16, 1885.

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HORACE R. ALLEN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PORTA-BLE BATH TUB.

forming part of'Letters Patent No. 320,037, dated June 16, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE R. ALLEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Portable Bath-Tubs,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a portable bathing apparatus; and it consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In suburban and rural districts the residences are ordinarily without water supplied under force, and to form a reservoir at a greater height than the building would constitute an item of no inconsiderable expense; hence forcepumps and connections to a cistern or other water supply are ordinarily used.

A bathing apparatus with means for varying the temperature of the water is not only a necessary adjunct to good sanitary hygiene, but a luxury. To provide such means with peculiar adaptabilityto the purpose is the object of this invention.

I will describe my invention arranged to employ naphtha or other hydrocarbon oil as a heating fuel; but it is apparent that gas may be employed without departing from the principle ofthe same or sacrificing its advantages.

In what I consider the best way of carrying out the invention I employ the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portable bath-tub with my improvements applied there to. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the bath-tub proper, which is of any ordinary and approved form and material, and it is provided with a support or supports, as B, for removable burners C. These burners C are supplied with fuel from a reservoir, 0, by a pipe, 0, and these parts may be of any suitable construction. Downwardly-projecting flanges a retain the products of combustion upon the bottom of the tub and direct them to a chute, a.,which is formed upon theinclined end of the tub. These flanges and chute form an important adjunct to the tub, as they compel the heated products of combustion to bathe the lower surface of the tub,and the soot and smoke to collect on the surfaces instead of the sides of the tub or escape into the apartment. The

' tub is provided with pockets for soap, sponge,

flesh-brush, &c., and has secured to one end a waste-basin, D, a passage, (1, connecting the two,and having a controlling-plug,as d. From the lower portion of this waste-basin D is projected a coupling, D, to which may be attached at will a flexible waste-pipe, D. A pump, E, is secured to the tub, or forms a part thereof, and this pump has peculiar adaptation for service in relation to the tub, the cistern-conned tion, the waste-basin, and a showering apparatus, This showering device G is rigid with or removably secured to the tub, so that the showerer will be suspended above the tub, and is connected by a pipe, 1, to the body F of the pump E above the valves. The pump is preferably double acting, and is located atljacent to the waste-basin. It has a supplyconnection, f, with the interiorof the tub, controlled bya rubber plug, f',and a supply-connection with the flexible pipe II. This flexible pipe H has means for coupling it with a pipe-connection which leads to the cistern,and this pipe is of four-ply hose, which will pro tect from freezing. The pump has a spout, e, which empties into the tub, and this spout is controlled by a stop cock, 0, as shown. If the pump is operated with the plug f away from its seat and the cock 0 closed, the effect is to throw the contents of the tub into the showering attachment, as the force of the pump acts upon the nearest source of water. If the plug f is in position and the cock 0 closed, it will force the cold water from the cistern to the showerer. If the cock 0 is open, it will force the water from the cistern into the tub, be cause the water will seek the nearestoutlet hence it will be seen that the operator car readily pump water from the cistern into the tub or the showerer, or from the tub into the showerer, or into parts or vessels, as may be desired.

I am aware that portable bat-h tubs have been before proposed, and that furnaces for heating tubs and vats have been made integral with the structure thereof. Such features are not sought to be covered, broadly, in this application.

\Vhat I deem to beimportant in this appliand for the purposes described.

2. A bath-tub having an outside basin secured thereto, an opening communicating with said basin, and the tub closed by a removable plug, in combination with a pump having branch pipes communicating with the tub, the freshwater supply and showerer, and with a flexible drain-pipe openinginto said basin, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 3. The pump E, having connections 9 andf, as described, and having spout 6, with cock 6, combined with the flexible pipe H, the showering device G, tub A, and plug f, as and for the purposes set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE R. ALLEN. .Witnesses:

NOAH COOK, S. A. MINTURN. 

